<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@samth" class="u-url mention">@<span>samth</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://types.pl/@wilbowma" class="u-url mention">@<span>wilbowma</span></a></span> Interested in doing a PhD maybe, but when I talk with those people I say things like, "Go ahead and read some papers and get a feel for what this is about; then let's discuss it." </p><p>I think it is totally normal to have an expectation that someone has .... read something and thought about it and got an idea of who is working in an area. Obviously we should help students get there, esp. because many won't have connections already — but, like, this is the kind of conversation I have with people who write to me about doing a PhD. Don't you have these kind of conversations? Or do you prefer they just "raw-dog" it and hope for the best?</p>
